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...earth except other operas. People do not converse in such a way as recitative, and do not place themselves at fixed distances, in a quartet, waving their arms to express their emotions." In a similar vein, Dr. Johnson called opera "an exotic and irrational entertainment," and it caused Charles Lamb "inexplicable anguish." Says British Conductor John Pritchard: "There is a tremendous backlog of Puritan suspicion of opera...
...social prominence, approaches the excellence of such a boarding school for boys as Andover. Buckley, which has attracted generations of Roosevelts, has pioneered a new elementary reading program. The Convent of the Sacred Heart requires its first-graders to study French, memorize such poems as Blake's "Little Lamb, who made thee?", sends its older girls out on social work one afternoon weekly. Fieldston's 660 kids enjoy an 18-acre campus in the Bronx, a curriculum strong in arts, crafts, music and ethics (compulsory every year). Two of the oldest schools in the land, Collegiate (founded...
...much of the shopping, tends the garden, cleans the swimming pool, thoughtfully leaves the family Buick out all night because another domestic couple, two robins, have set up nesters' rights in the garage. Like his wife, he frequently speaks in exclamation points. "I've got some lovely lamb chops here!" he shouts, coming in from a shopping trip. "One whole side of a baby lamb!" Two years ago, at 60, he retired from his position as public relations analyst at Bell Telephone, five years before compulsory retirement age. "Well, really," he said in explanation, "there were...
...Morris was invited to a costume party and decided to go as a lion. Unable to afford a ready made costume he fashioned his own out of old yellow bedspreads. For the mane, Morris ingeniously dyed a watercress and some lamb's wool gold and wired them together. His costume was perfect except that when he moved embarrassing squeaking noises issued from his mane. Morris telephoned his friend George for advice...
After that the Terps look for points to three 15-foot pole vaulters, Cole (21.5) in the 220, Steve Lamb (47.5) in the quarter, Ramsey Thomas (1:52.8) in the half, and George Henry (4:08.7) in the mile. But except for the pole vaulters and Henry, whose time is second-best in the East, the contributions of these gentlemen are likely to be minimal...